Hotspur Capital

Total investments

62

Average round size

539K

Portfolio companies

37

Lead investments

2

Follow on index

0.40

Exits

3

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
SoftwareAnalyticsMobileSaaSMusicSocial MediaConsumer ElectronicsAdvertisingLocation Based ServicesDigital Signage

Summary

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this Hotspur Capital performs on 25 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 18 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2013. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2020.

Besides them, we counted 1 critical employee of this fund in our database.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are E-Commerce, B2B. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 2 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Illumix Software, Cogenta Systems, Antix Labs.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Hotspur Capital, startups are often financed by Simon Murdoch, Enterprise Ventures, Northstar Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Northstar Ventures, IP Group Plc, Rising Stars Growth Fund. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Northstar Ventures, IP Group Plc, Seedrs.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
62
Lead investments
2
Exits
3
Follow on index
0.40
Investments by industry
  • Software (23)
  • Mobile (21)
  • Social Media (17)
  • Advertising (15)
  • Location Based Services (14)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (52)
  • United States (4)
  • China (1)
  • South Korea (1)
  • Latvia (1)
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Peak activity year
2013

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
10
Avg. valuation at time of investment
504K
Group Appearance index
1.00
Avg. company exit year
7

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
OneAire 03 Mar 2018 Software, Information Technology, Aerospace, Air Transportation Seed County Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Screach 11 Mar 2013 Software, Mobile, Music, Social Media, Consumer Electronics, Advertising, Location Based Services, Digital Signage Seed 890K United Kingdom, England, Newcastle upon Tyne
Screach 27 Sep 2016 Software, Mobile, Music, Social Media, Consumer Electronics, Advertising, Location Based Services, Digital Signage Seed 1M England, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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